The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-02-17
The Cancelled Land Entries,

The commissioner of the general land
Offices in his letter to Chairman Randall,
OF the house appropriations committee,
gives some peculiar statements regarding
the number Of Cancelled entries in Dakota.
He says: The record OF the cancellation
OF any particular entry can always be
at once referred to, nut there is no
method OF forming an opinion in
respect to the total number of eaneella-
tions unless ii should be arrived at by
guess Of possible percentages. These can
cellations result from all the causes which
affect land entries, chief of which are
abandonnents and voluntary reiinquish.
ments, and aggregate a very considerable
poi ton oil original entries. A lesa, but
still large portion of homestead entries
| are relinquishcd or abandoned. In Da-
kota it is estimated in the division OF this
office having charge oi .he records that the
cancellations from relinquishmeuts, aban>
comments and contests are about one-half
OF all the entries originally made.
The Supreme Court has decided that ga
railroad company receiving goods to be
transported over several lines of road is
not responsible for the negligence of other
carriers beyond its OWN terminus, unless it
has SO contracted to transport the pro-
perty beyond its own line. Receiving goods
marked for a place beyond it's own termi-
nus does not import an agreement to carry
to the station named"
Numerous business men OF all sorts are
brought into court at Minneapolis 70 plead
to indictments for violations OF the Sun.
day law.
Archie Brown, a Young Canadian, living
at New london. disappeared. 1t was al
terward learned that he had left in COM
pany With Malvina, or Vina Pavl, the six
.nl do Of Mn
the present superintendent OF the comfy
poor farm at Duluth
The postatiice at Rockville, Stearns cour,-
ty, has been discontinued.
D. H. Weir OF South Side. Wright county,
died recently. He was one of the leading
citizens OF the town and county.
Mr., Strait has secured a pension, with
considerable amount of arrears, for H. A.
c. Armstrong of Minneapolis.
The Custer post No. ID g. A. R., OF
Rochester, passed resolutions roundly de-
nonncing the scheme TO build a state
soldiers homc. characterizing the move
as piece sipol:tical johoery and pledging
themselves to us every means possible to
tefeat the measNre.
Psatents have been issued to the following
inventors: ELIAS b. Birge. st. Paul. steam
boiler; Alfred s. Clarke, Pennington, spring
u.
=. Askew, ST. Paul, alarm for the protec-
ton oil graves; J. s, Miller, Minneapolis.
carpet-cleaning reSi; Galaxy Mill company,
Minneapolis. wheat flour trade mark.
Andrew r. Almquist has been commits
si0ned postmaster at Lakeland. A
new postoffice has been established at
Moulton, Pennington county, Dakota,
with David c, Robinson postmaster. Star
service change has been made on the route
49, N
the route to end at Rudolph and emitting
Watorford.
Star mail service has been discontinued
In Dakota as follows: Route from Rome
to Rockford, route from Rritton to Lisbon.
route from Andover tn Britton.
Postmaster Y, NJ. Hall of Glencoe died Of
consumption . few days ago.
Hon. Il. r. Delano, a prominent citizen
af st. Paul. died recently of typhoid pneu-
monia at the age OF 62. He first settled in
Saltwater in 1919.
Congressman Akin OF South Carolina is
not expected TO live. His illness is caused
by weaAd in the lungs received in the
hattss oil Gettysburg.
The lettings OF Minnesota star routes are
about completed Mt the postoffice depart.
ment. Mr., Strait was informed that Route
NO. ga, 220, from Beaver Falls to Bird
ASIanla. nAS DeeR 0w0rou 60 j Ohm McNeely
Of Bird Island at $3.50 per year; also that
No. 6,2Q2> from lie Sueur Center to Wa.
terville. ~ 1891 per year, and No. 26> eO3.
frNm l.s Saeur Center to LIE Sueur, nj $312
per year. had been let to j. N. SNaborn OF
Windsor, Mo.
On the 9TH the unusual spec acle OF a thun.
der storm was observed in many places.
There was no rain save in one or two
localities,
Pensisas have been allowed to the fol.
lowing persons in Minnesota-L Louisa.
widow OF David Lefsbore, st. Paul; Casper
Bloom, White Bear Lake; David Guerin,
st. Paul; William j. APPLICABLE, Princeton;
I. G. Robests, Hammond; II. A. G. Thomp-
aonS Minneapolis; Lyman Hollis, Luverne.
Dakota: Lydia A. widow OF NelsonJ Hor-
tom Detroit; Walter Brown, Detroit
Pensions Increased Minnesota: w. H.
Humphrey. LIE Sueur; George B. Hall, Min
AeapOlis; ]. d. Buell., Wateryilie; Andrew
Baker, Monticello; L. A. Youmans, East
Chain Lake. Dakota: Edwin Barlev,
Columbia.
McInnegssy OF Marystown. Scott county,
went down in a well, and was overcome by
taai air. His dead body was recovered.
In Congress- Mr.. Nelson, by unaninoua
consent, got consideration for and secured
the passage OF the bill authorisine 4, term,
OF the United States courts at Duluth in,
addition to the terms holA at Winona
and st. Paul.
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